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BusyBox Jailbreak

Created
05/30/2018

Description

This module will send a set of commands to an open session that is connected to a BusyBox limited shell (i.e. a router limited shell). It will try different known tricks to jailbreak the limited shell and get a full BusyBox shell.

Author(s)

  • Javier Vicente Vallejo

Platform

Linux

Development

Module Options

To display the available options, load the module within the Metasploit console and run the commands 'show options' or 'show advanced':

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